New mental health, addiction board names leaders at inaugural meeting
YOUNGSTOWN
Tax-funded mental health and alcohol and drug addiction treatment came together in Mahoning County on Monday.
The occasion was the inaugural meeting of the 18-member Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board, created by the merger of the county mental-health and alcohol and drug-addiction services boards.
Ten members of the new board were appointed by the county commissioners, who approved the merger of the boards in November after both boards voted unanimously to join. The other eight were appointed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
All 18 are former members of the mental-health or ADAS boards.
Read who will lead the new board and how it came to be formed in Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.